This will be the same process for both wired and wireless connections.
- Grab a USB drive.
- Important: The USB drive needs to be formatted as FAT32.
- Log in to Screenly, and click the + New button at the top of the page (next to the notification alarm icon).
- Find and expand the section labeled Need to Configure Your Wi-Fi and Advanced Network Settings.
- Click the WiFi & Advanced Network Setup button at the bottom of this section, and click Start Setup.
- Configure the appropriate IP addressing as required by selecting either Configure WiFi or Configure Wired Connection, and deselecting the Use DHCP option.
- Select Configure DNS Settings, and enter your DNS information. (note that your player may fail to connect to Screenly services without proper DNS details, even though it will appear reachable internally).
- Click Generate Configuration File, and a file named network.yaml will be downloaded to your computer.
- Place the downloaded file onto your USB drive, and safely remove it from your computer.
- Power on your Screenly player, and insert the USB drive into one of the USB ports on the player. It should reboot and pick up the new configuration within 10-15 seconds. If it doesn't reboot after 30 seconds, power down the player, connect the USB drive to a different port, then power it back up.
- Once the player reboots and passes the network checks, you can remove the USB drive.
To configure multiple devices going forward, use the same process. You can use the same USB drive with the network.yaml file - you would simply change the static IP address first in a text editor (be careful not to change the file naming or any text spacing within the file. If in doubt, simply create a new file following the steps above).
Tips
- If the network configuration is not picked up (e.g. the player does not reboot), simply try removing and re-inserting the USB drive again in a different USB port. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries. If you still have issues and you know the format is correct, try a different or brand-new USB drive, or power-cycle the device.
- Ensure that the file name on your USB drive is exactly network.yaml. If there is a number added (like network(1).yaml) that will interfere with the player reading the file, as YAML files are sensitive to spacing and naming. Delete the "(1)" from the name of the file and try again.
- Always use an empty USB drive that contains nothing else aside from the network.yaml file.